Hard Drives

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by bjgarrick, Dec 13, 2005.

  1. bjgarrick

    bjgarrick MajorGeeks Admin - Malware Expert

    I heard one time someone say and saw it on here a few times, that it's best not to run anything over 200GB and I was curious as to why?
     
    bjgarrick, Dec 13, 2005
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  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Dunno if that still stands now BJ, it was that the OS didnt see in XP RTMs case anything over 137gb until after SP1 or a few minor tweaks to 48 bit LBA or a fix downloadable from the mobo/drive maker to overcome this, since SP1 and SP2 this has disapeared.. unless its a old mobo and bios which cannot see large drives.

    XP SP2 I know will see a drive over 200gb as I installed one the other week in relatives PC at 250gb.
     
    DavidGP, Dec 13, 2005
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  3. bjgarrick

    bjgarrick MajorGeeks Admin - Malware Expert

    Ahh, thanks for the information.
     
    bjgarrick, Dec 13, 2005
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  4. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    DavidGP, Dec 13, 2005
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  5. bjgarrick

    bjgarrick MajorGeeks Admin - Malware Expert

    Thanks for the link, good information.
     
    bjgarrick, Dec 13, 2005
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